Full List of Publications
(i) Refereed papers in primary journals
- Hayes, L., Mann, D.J., Monastyrskii, A.L. Lewis, O.T. (2009). Rapid assessments of tropical dung beetle and butterfly assemblages: contrasting trends along a forest disturbance gradient. Insect Conservation and Diversity, in press.
- Klapwijk, M.J., Gröbler, B.C., Ward, K., Wheeler, D. & Lewis, O.T. (2009). Influence of experimental warming and shading on host-parasitoid synchrony. Global Change Biology, in press.
- Paniagua, M.R., Medianero, E. & Lewis, O.T. (2009). Structure and vertical stratification of plant galler - parasitoid food webs in two tropical forests. Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.111/j.1365-2311.2008.01079.x.
- Lewis, O.T. (2009). Biodiversity change and ecosystem function in tropical forests. Basic and Applied Ecology, 10, 97-102.
- Lewis, O.T. & Gripenberg, S. (2008). Insect seed predators and environmental change. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1593-159
- Lewis, O.T., Martin, M & Czaczkes, T.J. (2008). Effects of trail gradient on leaf tissue transport and load size selection in leaf-cutter ants. Behavioral Ecology, 19, 805-809.Free Access Full Text
- Basset, Y., Missa, O., Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W., Novotny, V. & Wagner, T. (2008). Changes in arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon. Conservation Biology, 22, 1552-63. [on-line here]
- Basset, Y. Missa, O., Alonso, A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W., Novotny, V., & Wagner, T. (2008). Choice of metrics for studying arthropod responses to habitat disturbance: one example form Gabon. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1, 55-66.
- Gröbler, B.C. & Lewis, O.T. (2008). Response of native parasitoids to a range-expanding moth. Ecological Entomology, 33, 453-463.
- Menéndez, R., González-Megías, A., Lewis, O.T., Shaw, M.R. & Thomas, C.D. (2008). Escape from natural enemies during climate-driven range expansion: a case study. Ecological Entomology, 33: 413-421.
- Merrill, R., Gutiérrez, D., Lewis, O.T., Gutiérrez, J., Diez, S.B. & Wilson, R.J. (2008). Combined effects of climate and biotic interactions on the elevational range of a phytophagous insect. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 145-155. Full text
- Slade, E.M., Villanueva, J., Mann, D.J., and Lewis, O.T. (2007). Experimental evidence for the effects of dung beetle functional group richness and composition on ecosystem function in a tropical forest. Journal of Animal Ecology 76,1094-1104. Full text
- Basset, Y., Corbara, B., Barrios, H., Cuénoud, P., Leponce, M., Aberlenc, H.-P., Bail, J., Bito, D., Bridle, J.R., Castaño-Meneses, G., Cizek, L., Cornejo, A., Curletti, G., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Didham, R.K., Dufrêne, M., Fagan, L.L., Floren, A., Frame, D.M., Hallé, F., Hardy, O.J., Hernandez, A., Kitching, R.L., Lewinsohn, T.M., Lewis, O.T., Manumbor, M., Medianero, E., Missa, O., Mitchell, A.W., Mogia, M., Novotny, V., Oliveira, E.G. de, Ødegaard, F., Orivel, J., Ozanne, C.M.P., Pascal, O., Pinzón, S., Rapp, M., Ribeiro, S.P., Roisin, Y., Roslin, T., Roubik, D.W., Samaniego, M., Schmidl, J., Sørensen, L.L., Tishechkin, A., Van Osselaer, C. & Winchester, N.N. (2007). IBISCA-Panama, a large-scale study of arthropod beta-diversity and vertical stratification in a lowland rainforest: rationale, description of study sites and field methodology. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique- Entomologie, 77, 39-69. [ pdf ]
- Yackulic, C. & Lewis, O.T. (2007). Temporal variation in foraging activity and efficiency, and the role of hitchhiking behaviour in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 125, 125-134.
- Tylianakis, J.M., Tscharntke, T. & Lewis, O.T. (2007) Habitat modification alters the structure of tropical host-parasitoid food webs. Nature, 445, 202-205.
- Freckleton, R.P. & Lewis, O.T. (2006). Pathogens, density-dependence and the coexistence of tropical trees. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 273, 2909-2916
- Bell, T., Freckleton, R.P. & Lewis, O.T. (2006). Plant pathogens drive density-dependent mortality in a tropical tree. Ecology Letters 9: 569-574
- Lewis, O.T. (2006). Climate change, species-area curves and the extinction crisis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B. 361: 163-171
- Morris, R. J., & Lewis, O.T. & Godfray, H. C. J. (2005). Apparent competition and insect community structure: towards a spatial perspective. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42, 449 - 462
- Morris, R.J., Lewis, O.T. and Godfray, H.C.J. (2004). Experimental evidence for apparent competition in a tropical forest food web. Nature 428, 310-313
- Lewis, O.T., Memmott, J., LaSalle, J., Lyal, C.H.C., Whitefoord, C. & Godfray, H.C.J. (2002). Structure of a diverse tropical forest insect-parasitoid community. Journal of Animal Ecology71,;855-873.
- Thomas, C.D., Wilson, R.J. and Lewis, O.T. (2002). Short-term studies underestimate 30-generation changes in a butterfly metapopulation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269, 563-569.
- Morris, R.J and Lewis, O.T. (2002). The role of indirect interactions in structuring tropical insect communities. Oikos 97, 308-311.
- Lewis, O.T. and Thomas, C.D. (2001). Adaptation to captivity in the butterfly Pieris brassicae, and the implications for ex situ conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation 5, 55-63.
- Lewis, O.T. (2001) Effect of experimental selective logging on tropical butterflies. Conservation Biology 15, 389-400.
- Godfray, H.C.J., Lewis, O.T. and Memmott, J. (1999). Studying insect diversity in the tropics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 354, 1811-1824.
- Thomas, C.D., Glen, S.W.T., Lewis, O.T., Hill, J.K., and Blakeley, D.S. (1999). Population differentiation and conservation of endemic races: the butterfly, Plebejus argus. Animal Conservation 2, 15-21.
- Hill, J.K., Thomas, C.D., and Lewis, O.T. (1999). Flight morphology in fragmented populations of a rare British butterfly, Hesperia comma. Biological Conservation 87, 277-283.
- Thomas, C.D., Hill, J.K., and Lewis, O.T. (1998). Evolutionary consequences of habitat fragmentation in a localized butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 67, 485-497.
- Lewis, O.T., Wilson, R.J., and Harper, M.C. (1998). Endemic butterflies on Grande Comore: habitat preferences and conservation priorities. Biological Conservation 85, 113-121.
- Lewis, O.T. and Hurford, C. (1997). Assessing the status of the marsh fritillary butterfly (Eurodryas aurinia Rott.) - an example from Glamorgan (UK). Journal of Insect Conservation 1: 159-166.
- Lewis, O.T., Thomas, C.D., Hill, J.K., Brookes, M.I., Crane, T.P.R., Graneau, Y.A., Mallet, J.L.B. and Rose, O.C. (1997). Three ways of assessing metapopulation structure in the butterfly Plebejus argus. Ecological Entomology 22: 283-293.
- Hill, J.K., Thomas, C.D. and Lewis, O.T., (1996). Effects of habitat patch size and isolation on dispersal by Hesperia comma butterflies: implications for metapopulation structure. Journal of Animal Ecology 65: 725-735.
(ii) Contributions to symposia and compiled volumes
- Klapwijk, M.J. and Lewis, O.T. (2008). Effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on trophic interactions. In: Tropical Biology and Conservation, edited by Arturo Bonet and Glória Carrion Villarnovo. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK. http://www.eolss.net/
- Stewart, A.J.A., New, T.R. & Lewis, O.T.,(eds.) (2007). Insect ConservationBiology. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
- Lewis, O.T. & Stewart, A.J.A. & New, T.R. (2007). Insect Conservation Biology: Progress and prospects In: Insect Conservation Biology (eds A.J.A. Stewart, T.R. New & O.T. Lewis). CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
- Lewis, O.T. & Basset, Y. (2007). Insect Conservation in Tropical Forests. In: Insect Conservation Biology (eds A.J.A. Stewart, T.R. New & O.T. Lewis). CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
- Thomas, C.D., Baguette, M. and Lewis, O.T. (2000). Butterfly movement and conservation in patchy landscapes. In: Behaviour and Conservation (eds. L.M. Gosling and W.J. Sutherland), pp.85-104. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Thomas, C.D., Jordano, D., Lewis, O.T., Hill, J.K., Sutcliffe, O.L., and Thomas, J.A. (1999). Butterfly distributional patterns, processes and conservation. In: Conservation in a Changing World: integrating progress into priorities for action (ed. by G.M. Mace, A. Balmford and J.R. Ginsberg, pp. 107-138. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(iii) Abstracts and short papers
- Lewis, O.T. (2007). Book Review: ‘Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation’, by O.J. Schmitz. Environmental Conservation, in press.
- Lewis, O.T. (2007). Book Review: ‘Insect Diversity Conservation’, by Michael Samways. Environmental Conservation, in press.
- Lewis, O.T., Lord, A.M. & Baker, P. (2005). New and overlooked herbivores of Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn), including the Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua (L.) (Lep.: Lymantriidae). Entomologists’ Record and Journal of Variation 117, 47-48.
- Lewis, O.T. (2005). Book Review: ‘On the Wings of Checkerspots: a Model system for Population Biology’, edited by Paul R. Ehrlich & Ilkka Hanski. Quarterly Review of Biology 80, 122.
- Lewis, O.T. (2004). Book Review: ‘Food Webs’, by Stuart L. Pimm. Ecoscience 11, 139-140.
- Lewis, O.T. (2003). Book review: ‘Arthropods of tropical forests: spatio-temporal dynamics and resource use in the canopy’, edited by Yves Basset, Vojtech Novotny, Scott E. Miller and Roger J. Kitching. Journal of Insect Conservation 7, 187-188
- Lewis, O.T. and Bryant, S.R. (2002). Butterflies on the move. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, 351-352.
- Lewis, O.T. (2001). Book review: ‘The Encyclopedia of Biodiversity’, edited by Simon A. Levin. Ibis 14, 503-520.